High School Sports

St. Francis High senior Nash Horton last month was presented with an offer he just couldn’t refuse. The Sharks baseball standout verbally committed to play for Pepperdine University after he was told a roster spot would be waiting for him in the 2026 spring season. “It's...

https://soundcloud.com/cover3sports/season-2-episode-2-breaking-down-the-pcal-gabilan In this week’s episode, sports editors Emanuel Lee and Juan Reyes will recap Week 1 of the football season to talk about the games that happened, some that didn’t and one that got called off during halftime. Then they’ll bring on sports reporter John Devine...

The season is still very young, yet one can’t help to notice that Watsonville is playing some formidable basketball coming out of the gate to begin the 2024-25 winter campaign. Junior guard Max Aceves had a team-best 16 points for the Wildcatz in a 71-52...

ATHERTON—When a high school soccer team scores the go-ahead goal in the 70th minute, it usually goes on to win. Sometimes, it will end in a tie and rarely does it ever end in defeat. But the latter situation is exactly what unfolded for...

St. Francis High graduate Aaliysah Gomez had an incident when she was 2 that had doctors saying she would be blind and never able to see out of one eye. Years later, she managed to overcome that obstacle and never let her foot off the...

WATSONVILLE—St. Francis High junior Sam Braun was forced to sit on the sideline during the first half of the basketball season after he transferred from Soquel High in the offseason. The standout forward was frustrated he couldn’t play immediately, but it did give him a...

This week’s edition of the Pajaronian Sports Ticker highlights local prep athletes for their performances during the week of Jan. 2-8.  Coaches and athletic directors are encouraged to submit scores and stats to [email protected]. Follow sports editor Juan Reyes on Twitter @jmreyes831 for scores and...

MONTEREY—It was all business on Tuesday evening for Monte Vista Christian pitcher Jacob Woods, who was one game away from making a return to the Central Coast Section title game. The senior right-hander was tuned in on the mound, as well as in the batter’s...

Several local high school basketball boys and girls teams qualified for the upcoming Central Coast Section postseason which officially tips off this weekend. A handful of league champions will have some time off with byes in the first and second rounds, while others will begin...

St. Francis was given a friendly reminder that it is not in the Pacific Coast Athletic League’s Mission Division anymore. They found that out quickly after escaping with a narrow 21-18 win over Salinas in the teams’ Gabilan Division contest on Wednesday afternoon. After building a...